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BiographyEdgar Arthur Deane
… of the South African Coloured People's Organisation in the 1950s. In 1962 he attended an international labor conference …
BiographyBarney William Ngakane
… secretary for the Institute of Race Relations in the early 1950s, he has more recently worked for the Christian …
Twenty Burundian parties sign an agreement in SA on sharing power, but eleven parties, including the main Tutsi party Uprona, f
… in SA on sharing power, but eleven parties, including the main Tutsi party Uprona, f …
A borehole on the Rand-Victoria mine near Germiston strikes the Main Reef of the Witwatersrand Gold Fields at 731 meters.
… on the Rand-Victoria mine near Germiston strikes the Main Reef of the Witwatersrand Gold Fields at 731 meters. …
The Sudanese government and the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army, the main rebel group involved in the country’s 19-year-old c
… government and the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army, the main rebel group involved in the country’s 19-year-old c …
After nearly three years of negotiations, Sudan’s government and main rebel group sign the final agreement to the Naivasha, Ken
… nearly three years of negotiations, Sudan’s government and main rebel group sign the final agreement to the Naivasha, Ken …
Alfred ‘Tough’ Hutchinson
… African National Congress (ANC) in the Transvaal in the 1950s. He taught briefly in Pimville High School until his … co-opted onto the national executive…
BiographyLawrence Nkosi
… He was a factory worker and active trade unionist by the 1950s. In 1955 the Congress of the People and the drawing up …
BiographyPhilemon Mathole
… also served on the national executive committee in the mid-1950s and was one of the accused in the Treason Trial, from …
BiographyElias Mathope Motsoaledi
… South African Communist Party (SACP) in1953.The 1950s saw the “Congress Alliance” – ANC, the Coloured … Congress Alliance and promoted interracial unionism…
BiographyJohn S. P. Motloheloa
… Free State and went to Cape Town in 1938. In the mid-1950s he was acting secretary of the African National …
The main report of the Van Wyk de Vries Commission of Inquiry into Universities is tabled. It advances some positive recommenda
… L.E. (eds) (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to … The main report of the Van Wyk de Vries…
Guy Carleton Jones, mine engineer who played a major part in finding the lost main reef stretching from Randfontein to the Mooi
… mine engineer who played a major part in finding the lost main reef stretching from Randfontein to the Mooi …
The Department of Native Affairs is renamed as the Department of Bantu Administration and Development, with its main aim to pro
… of Bantu Administration and Development, with its main aim to pro …
Four agreements are signed in Lisbon connected with the construction of the Cahora Bassa Dam in Mozambique, the main one being
… L.E. (eds) (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to … construction of the Cahora Bassa Dam in…
Liberia’s main warring factions signed a peace accord calling for a cease-fire after more than five years of civil war and the
… Liberia’s main warring factions signed a peace accord calling for a …
The Trans-Kalahari main road, the first road south of the Sahara to connect the Atlantic and Indian Ocean, is opened.
… The Trans-Kalahari main road, the first road south of the Sahara to connect the …
BiographyStephen Tefu
… African General Workers' Union in Pretoria. Banned in the 1950s, he was sentenced to three years' imprisonment in 1961 … African General Workers' Union in…
BiographyPitness (Stalwart) H. Simelane
… leader of the African National Congress in Natal in the 1950s. As a teacher in the 1930s he helped establish high …
BiographyHoward S. Ngcobo
… in the Natal African National Congress Youth League in the 1950s, he became a member of the national executive committee … in the Natal African National…
Yusaf Ahmed Cachalia
… in the South African Indian Congress in the 1940s and 1950s; he was instrumental in bringing about African/Indian …
BiographySimon Tyeku
… of the Sophiatown African National Congress in the mid-1950s and a first-string accused in the Treason Trial of …
BiographyNarainsamy Thumbi Naicker
… Natal politics as a supporter of G M Naicker . In the mid-1950s he served as general secretary of the Natal Indian …
BiographyGertrude Hope (nee Posthumus) Cooper
… 1942 to 1944 where she graduated with a BA degree with her main subjects being English and Nederlands and Afrikaans. … at the Cape Supreme Court. They set up…
BiographyC. J. Mayekiso
… volunteer during the 1952 Defiance Campaign . In the mid-1950s he was a member of the Cape ANC executive and also …
The final report by Justice Snyman on the Paarl Riots is submitted to Parliament. It analyses the main causes of the riots.
… L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to … Paarl Riots is submitted to Parliament. It…
President F W de Klerk arrives in Washington at the start of a three-day visit, stressing that his main aim is not the lifting
… at the start of a three-day visit, stressing that his main aim is not the lifting …
Gerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen buys the section of the farm Lang Leegte, on which the main gold reef of the Witwatersrand was di
… buys the section of the farm Lang Leegte, on which the main gold reef of the Witwatersrand was di …
Comdt-Gen. Piet Joubert attacks Venda Chief Mpefu’s main kraal during the Mpefu War (also called Magato War). The sub-chiefs su
… Comdt-Gen. Piet Joubert attacks Venda Chief Mpefu’s main kraal during the Mpefu War (also called Magato War). The …
BiographyDorothy Masuka
… groups and other big bands that featured in the 1950s. By composing her own songs that were inspired by events occurring in the South African townships in…